Comprised of student crews, films from more than 25 countries were selected to move on to the next round of judging by John Bailey, ASC (The Big Miracle, Ordinary People). Of those, three regional winners and one 35mm winner were selected.
And now for the country selections! Enjoy, and keep an eye on these up and coming filmmakers!
Argentina
Pablo Paniagua
University: Universidad del Cine
Film Title: JUKU
Production Crew: Pablo Paniagua (DOP), Toto Ibanez (1st Assistant de Camera), miguel Hilari (gaffer), Mauricio Quiroga (director)
Australia
Goldie Soetianto
School/ University/ College: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Film Title: The Fall of Erebus
Film stock: KODAK VISION3 200T 7213
Production Crew: Director/ Writer - Jeffery Andersen Jnr; Producer - Felicity-Rose Harris; Production Designer - Ethan Waghorn; Costume Director - Vanessa Rankin; Editor/ Visual Effects - Christopher Jowsey
Brazil
Bibiana Merlin Kasper
University: PUCRS - Curso Superior DeTechnologia Em Audiovisual
Film Title: Boia
Film Stock: 200T
Marcella Nunes
University: Universidade Estacus de sa
Film Title: Itapoanama
AMERICAS RUNNER UP
Bulgaria
Dimitar Skobelev
University: NATFA
Film Title: The Service
Film Stock: V3 7219, 500T
Production Crew: Boris Nikolov (director), Petar Marivou (editor), Mariela Malova (art director), Alexsander Kalanov (composer)
EAMER RUNNER UP.
Canada
Yann-Manuel Hernandez
University: University of Montreal
Film Title: From Which Dream Shall We Revive
Film Stock: Tri-X BW Reversal, Plus-X 7265
Production Crew: Charles-Andre Coderre (director, script), Mattie-Eve Crepeau (art Direction, editor), Guillaume Guerette (sound designer, editor),Ariel Desbiens, Ines Guennaoui (1st assistant camera)
Chile
Andres Gallegos
University: Universidad UNIACC
Film Title: Float
Film Stocks: 500 T 7219, 200T 7217
Production Crew: Shira Abraham (production), Martin Amezaga (direction), Andres Gallegos (DOP)
China
Qiao Zhang
Film School/ University/ College: Beijing Film Academy
Film Title: Undertow
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 500T 5219; KODAK VISION2 50D 5201
Production Crew: Director - Qi Tanyang; Recordist - He Bin
Costa Rica
Nicolas Wong
University: Universidad Veritas
Film Title: L'enfant Fatale
Film Stock: V3 500T
Finland
Hannu Koivuranta
University: Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Film Title: A Lesson
Film Stock: V3 250D
Production Crew: Hannu Koivuranta (Cinematographer), Outi Hartikaineg (director), Iiro Peltonen (editor), Mikko Koskinen (Sound Designer)
Germany
Johannes Praus
University: Konrad Wolf
Film Title: Submerged
Film Stock: V3 500T 7249
Production Crew: Johannes Leistner (director, Johannes Praus (DOP), Constance Nunke (production manager), Stefan Hoh (script consultant), Gernot Bayer (gaffer), Stefanie Kosik (editor), Kay Riedel (sound)
Synopsis: In their circles, people at dinner talk about Italian pepper mills and the dynamism of China. But the parents' high-earning idyll faces a serious challenge. Their daughter has a new boyfriend. He's from another world. And he's made himself threateningly comfortable in their home, between their bathroom and their fridge. "Got a Beer? How should they react - laissez-faire or zero tolerance? The film shows a clash o cultures unfolding in a family's own four walls. It's a tale of the values you're prepared to defend, and of petty people driven to rage.
EAMER REGIONAL WINNER
Lotta Kilian
University: Konrad Wolf
Film Title: We Die
Film Stock: 250D 5205, 5207, 500T 5218
Production Crew: Josephine Links - Director, Lotta Kilian - Cinematographer, Anne Junemann - Editing, Jana Irmert, Jan Pasemann - Sound editing, Leonard Petersen - Music, Verna Maul, Set Design, Verna Schilling - Producer
35mm RUNNER UP.
Hong Kong
Ka Shun Chan
School/ University/ College: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Film Title: Drifting
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 250D 7207; KODAK VISION3 500T 7219
Production Crew: Producer - Tsz Tim Mok; Director - Sum Lam; Scriptwriter - Sum Lam & Bik Yu Mok; Editor - Pak Ming Cheung; Sound - Choi Hung Wat
India
Jigmet Wangchuk
School/ University/ College: FTII
Film Title: Self Woven
Film stock: KODAK VISION3 500T 5219
Production Crew: Director - Zatina Gamet; Editor - Maryann D'Souza; Art Director - S. Ramakrishnan
Japan
Masanori Yokota
School/ University/ College: Osaka University of Arts
Film Title: Bullet of Anger
Film stocks: KODAK VISION2 200T 7217; KODAK VISION3 500T 7219
Production Crew: Director - masaki Okada; Producer - Daiki Sasayama; Camera Assistant - Nobuo Ushimaki/ Takahiro Yamamoto/ Kazuaki Mantoku; Sound recording - Naoya Nishigaki
ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL WINNER
Malaysia
Muhamad Afiq Bin Muhamad Mohsin
School/ University/ College: ASWARA
Film Title: The Box
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 500T 7219; KODAK VISION3 250D 7207
Production Crew: Director/ Scriptwriter/ Producer - Muhammad Ariffin Zulkarnain; Production Designer - Nurul Maziahani Mazlan; Assistant Director - Audrie Yeo Sui Lan; 1st Assistant Cinematographer/ Focus Pullare - Izzat Emir Mainon
Mexico
Andres Gonzalez
University: Universidad Iberamericana
Film Title: Out of Earth
Film Stock: V3 250D 7207
Production Crew: Ilana Coleman (direction), Jeronimo Fernandez (productor), Noreli Montoya (DOP), Pablo Cauia (1st Assistant DOP)
New Zealand
Paul Jackson
School/ University/ College: New Zealand Film and Television School
Film Title: Devil's Door to Heaven
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 500T 7219
Production Crew: Director - Lilian Beets; Camera Operator - Josh O'brien; Focus Puller - Bonnie Lowe; Clapper - Paurel Kuatch; Video Assist - Ben White; Grip - Neil Hunter; Gaffer - Helmut Marko; Sound Rec - Dylan Jauslin; Boom - Sandy Davis
Philippines
Juan Martin R. Engracia
School/ University/ College: International Academy for Film and Television
Film Title: Black Balloon
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 250D 7207; KODAK VISION3 200T 7213
Production Crew: Director - John Imson; Assistant Director - Jhel Pedrina; Editor - Karl Poriu; Production Design - Ronald Parcon; Gaffer Yussuf Yunus
Portugal
Carlos Batista
University: Universidad LusoFona
Film Title: The Lieutenant
Film Stock: 16mm Kodak 100/200 iso
Production Crew: Executive Producer:Catarina Carrola, Production Director:Pedro Caetano, Producer:Sofia Salvado, Producer Assistant:Andre Germano, Producer Assistant:Marta Malva, Producer Assistant:Diana Lima, Producer Assistan:Sofia Leite, Still Photographer:Anabela Vieira, Screenwriting:Rafael A.Martins, Director:Rafael A.Martins, 1st Director Assistant: Elisabete Mendes, 2nd Director Assistant:JoaoTavares, 3rd Director Assistant:Francisco Durao, 1st Continuity Person:Susana Barroso, 2nd Continuity Person:Nilton Medeiros, 3rd ContinuityPerson:Henry Nesbitt
Romania
Susnea Simona
University: UNATC
Film Title: Smoking May Kill
Film Stock: Double X B&W 7222
Production Crew: Millo Simulov (director), Simona Susnea, Mihail Ursu (Cinematographer), Rusimova Emanueut (editing, sound editing and design)
Singapore
Marjorie Teo
School/ University/ College: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Film Title: Summer & Its Rain
Film stock: 16mm
South Africa
Brendan Barnes
University: AFDA
Film Title: Those of the Water
Film Stock: V3 500T, V3 250D
Production Crew: (Zwelisizwe Ntuli - Writer & Director, Benita Khoosal - Producer, Brendan Barnes - Cinematographer, Mosibudi Peeha - Production Designer, Karien goosen - Editor, Grant Davies - Visual Effects
Snyopsis: The film explores an ancient Xhosa belief of the Abantu Bomlambo (The People of the Water). When a young boy called Siphelele is found washed up from the ocean, Nobuntu believes he is a gift from the ancestors. 'Those of the Water' is the story of this young boy searching for a sense of belonging in a new world.
35mm WINNER.
South Korea
Hachul Chung
School/ University/ College: Seoul Institute of the Arts
Film Title: Knock
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 500T 7219; KODAK VISION2 200T 7217
Production Crew: Director - Sung Chul Shin; Producer - Inae Lee
ASIA PACIFIC RUNNER UP
Spain
Rodrigo Pannacci
University: Septima Ars. Escuela de cine & TV
Film Title: In My Bubble
Film Stock: 200T, 50D
Production Crew: Juan Luis Banuelos (director), Andres de la torre (camera operator)
Taiwan
Chia-Tang Tsai
School/ University/ College: Shin Hsin University
Film Title: In Our Age
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 250D 7207; KODAK VISION3 500T 7219
Production Crew: Producer - Yi-Jyun Yang; Director - Fang-Tzu Kuo
Thailand
A-Sana Tanasoponpitak
School/ University/ College: Rangsit University
Film Title: Unlikeness
Film stocks: KODAK VISION3 500T 5219; KODAK VISION3 250D 5207; KODAK VISION2 50D 5201
Production Crew: Director - Pitchanat Suktom;
Producer - Amittada Searsebjarenu; Co-producer - Kanukpah Suriwong; Sound - Weottichal Rattanasiriponchai; Wardrobe - Kanyalak Keawpadap
Uruguay
Rafael Antonaccio
University: Universidad ORT/ORT 16
Film Title: Neon
Film Stock: 500 T V2
Production Crew: Santiago Olivera, Rafael Antonaccio, Johanna Silveira (directors), Fernanda Notte (production)
United States of America
Joshua Spires
University: University of North Texas
Film Title: The Whale
Film Stocks: V3 50D, 250D
Production Crew: Jaime Chapin (director), Lea Kocurek producer), Derek Kocich (AC/gaffer), Ian McKenyon (key grip), KoreyCaldwell (editor), Kyle Hughes (sound)
Synopsis: A young boy lives in an ephemeral fantasy in his struggle to escape the cycle of paternal abuse.
AMERICAS REGIONAL WINNER
